Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ossify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ossified}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ossifying}.] [L. os, ossis, bone + -fy: cf. F. ossifier.
See {Osseous}.]
1. (Physiol.) To form into bone; to change from a soft animal
substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.
2. Fig.: To harden; as, to ossify the heart. --Ruskin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ossify \Os"si*fy\, v. i. (Physiol.)
To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony
tissue.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ossify
v : become bony; "The tissue ossified"
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